Wes Studi
Known for: Acting
Born: December 17, 1947
Place of birth: Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, USA
Wesley "Wes" Studi (born December 17, 1947) is an American Cherokee actor, who has earned notability for his portrayals of Native Americans in film. He has appeared in well-received Academy Award-winning films, such as Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves, Michael Mann's The Last of the Mohicans, the award-winning Geronimo: An American Legend and the Academy Award-nominated film The New World (2005). He portrayed General Linus Abner (an analogue to the biblical Abner) in the NBC series Kings, and Eytukan in James Cameron's box office blockbuster Avatar.
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Filmography
82 movies · 23 TV shows, newest first
7.7
Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025
NR
The Great Cherokee Grandmother
2025
7.0
The Midway Point
2024
5.8
The Roof
2023
6.5
Mending the Line
2023
10.0
We Will Speak
2023
5.3
Bonnie
2022
NR
Acting Like Nothing is Wrong
2022
6.7
A Love Song
2022
5.3
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
2022
NR
American Veteran
2021
7.9
Reservation Dogs
2021
8.1
Soul
2020
5.2
Woke
2020
6.2
Badland
2019
6.8
Miracle Workers
2019
7.4
A Dog's Way Home
2019
7.0
Hostiles
2017
5.1
The Condemned 2
2015
NR
Ronnie BoDean
2015
6.2
Planes: Fire & Rescue
2014NR
Pie Lady of Pie Town
2014
6.0
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014
7.8
Penny Dreadful
2014
5.8
Road to Paloma
2014
6.1
Sugar
2013
4.5
Battledogs
2013
4.7
Destination: Planet Negro!
2013
6.5
Finding Your Roots
2012
6.1
Being Flynn
2012
7.6
Hell on Wheels
2011
NR
The Dome of Heaven
2011
6.5
A Good Day to Die
2010
NR
Making The Last of the Mohicans
2010NR
Ink: A Tale of Captivity
2010
7.0
Reel Injun
2010
7.6
Avatar
2009
3.5
The Only Good Indian
2009
2.0
21 and a Wake-Up
2009
5.9
Call of the Wild
2009
7.6
Kings
2009
4.5
The Undying
2009
8.4
The Mentalist
2008
7.0
In Plain Sight
2008
4.4
Older Than America
2008
3.0
El Camino
2008
7.1
Comanche Moon
2008
3.8
Three Priests
2008
1.7
Cosmic Radio
2007
NR
Wolf Ridge
2007
7.4
Saving Grace
2007
6.5
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007
6.4
Seraphim Falls
2007
4.5
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy
2006
6.5
The New World
2005
5.7
Miracle at Sage Creek
2005
8.0
Into the West
2005
5.7
Animal
2005
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005
6.0
A Thief Of Time
2004
6.4
Edge of America
2003
5.7
Coyote Waits
2003
5.6
The Lone Ranger
2003
6.8
Skinwalkers
2002
6.5
Undisputed
2002
5.1
Superfire
2002
6.7
UC: Undercover
2001
6.5
Road to Redemption
2001
6.2
Christmas in the Clouds
2001
4.9
Ice Planet
2001
6.1
Wind River
2000
5.9
Mystery Men
1999
4.4
Soundman
1999
6.1
The Directors
1999
6.2
Deep Rising
1998
7.0
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997
4.4
The Killing Jar
1997
6.5
Promised Land
1996
8.7
Crazy Horse
19966.0
Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek
1996
7.9
Heat
1995
6.3
Streets of Laredo
1995
8.0
Lone Justice 2
1995
4.7
Street Fighter
19948.0
Indian America: A Gift from the Past
1994
6.3
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
3.4
The Broken Chain
1993
6.0
Ned Blessing
1993
7.4
Highlander: The Series
1992
7.4
The Last of the Mohicans
1992
7.1
The Doors
1991
7.8
Dances with Wolves
1990
7.4
The Flash
1990
6.8
Powwow Highway
1989
6.5
American Experience
1988
6.0
Longarm
1988
NR
Behind the Lines
—NR
Terra Infirma
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NR
As Deep as the Grave
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NR
Candles
—NR
Brave
—NR
Timber Lands
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NR
The Pipeline
—NR
Exhale
—NR
Seasons
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